owlsplace Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Anyone into some serious weight lifting at about 140 pounds apiece... not sure where the second 12" driver is located on these. I think the TSW-910 was one of the last of the Teledyne-era speakers. If you have to ask how much you probably can't afford these. Seller says they beat the pants off AR-9's ... on the auction site: 191920594468 Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genek Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Second woofer is rear firing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 What I've said about the 910 in years past: The TSW ("Titanium Solid Wood" series, although AR insiders referred to them as the "This Sh*t Works" series) speakers were intro'd around 1987 and was a line that went from the 6" 2-way TSW110 all the way up to the double-12" TSW910. Other models were dropped in after the original family was introduced--a powered and passive TSW105, a double-8" TSW710 and then an upgraded series that featured a 15 numerical suffix, instead of the 10 (215, 315, 415, etc.) They were ok conventional speakers--not ground-breaking, but not offensive. The 810 was a double 10" model, sort of the "90" to the 910's "9," if you will. I do not remember if the 810 is bi-ampable, but I know the TSW lit is in the CSP Library. Here's what I just recently said about the 910: Posted 10 November 2013 - 10:23 PM I have written extensively about the 910 and their place/reason for being in AR's history. Do a search. The TSW series from 1987-ish was an ok line of product, but it broke no new ground, nor did it try to. A "play it safe" line of speakers. The 910 was a pure formulaic product: you could almost hear the Head of Marketing saying, "OK we need a big floorstander, with two 12's and a model number with a '9', so people remember the original AR-9.Oh, and let's bring back that Blanket thing, too. We got some good credit for that." That was the 910. In a June 1987 review, Julian Hirsch--the biggest AR booster there ever was--struggled vainly to find good things to say about it, closing his review with a damn-with-faint-praise line of "Few would tire of its easy smooth sound." Really, Julian? "Few would tire"? That's the best you could muster? "Few would tire"? For the 3, 3a, LST and 9, it was the "best I have ever measured or heard." For the 910, it's "Few would tire." Don't break the bank getting the 910's. July 12, 2016--My opinion of the 910 stands. Steve F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genek Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 I really liked the sound of the 9s, except for the fact that they seemed kind of "beamy" compared to the Classic and ADD models with dome tweeters. The TSWs seemed to me to suffer from this even more. I wonder if stacking them and rotating them a bit relative to each other to widen the horizontal spread of the mids and tweeters would address this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiganpat Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 stacked 910's....gotta admit it looks impressive don't quite get the need for 2 6.5", and 8" AND the 12"....the 6.5" should go low enough to cross over to the 12's at say, 150 hz.....and it probably would have been better served in a D’Appolito arrangement (MTM)...of course that was somewhat remedied by the Classic series (although they lost the 12's)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidhead Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 That is one hell of a photo Roger! Serious rack system too. Gotta wonder if it is a bachelor getting married and ...... well ...... WAF ...... not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lARrybody Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 You know I am into stacking my speakers, but floor to ceiling, gnarly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 That seller had a pair of AR9 and TSW910 for sale about a year ago on eBay. He stated then that he preferred the TSW910. He must have sold the 9's and picked up another pair of 910's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsplace Posted July 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Maybe his 9's had issues or he didn't like the "Ug" factor. I've never heard either but tend to agree with SteveF's synopsis. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidDru Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 On 7/12/2016 at 5:31 PM, larrybody said: You know I am into stacking my speakers, but floor to ceiling, gnarly. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankmarsi Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 On July 12, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Steve F said: What I've said about the 910 in years past: The TSW ("Titanium Solid Wood" series, although AR insiders referred to them as the "This Sh*t Works" series) speakers were intro'd around 1987 and was a line that went from the 6" 2-way TSW110 all the way up to the double-12" TSW910. Other models were dropped in after the original family was introduced--a powered and passive TSW105, a double-8" TSW710 and then an upgraded series that featured a 15 numerical suffix, instead of the 10 (215, 315, 415, etc.) They were ok conventional speakers--not ground-breaking, but not offensive. The 810 was a double 10" model, sort of the "90" to the 910's "9," if you will. I do not remember if the 810 is bi-ampable, but I know the TSW lit is in the CSP Library. Here's what I just recently said about the 910: Posted 10 November 2013 - 10:23 PM I have written extensively about the 910 and their place/reason for being in AR's history. Do a search. The TSW series from 1987-ish was an ok line of product, but it broke no new ground, nor did it try to. A "play it safe" line of speakers. The 910 was a pure formulaic product: you could almost hear the Head of Marketing saying, "OK we need a big floorstander, with two 12's and a model number with a '9', so people remember the original AR-9.Oh, and let's bring back that Blanket thing, too. We got some good credit for that." That was the 910. In a June 1987 review, Julian Hirsch--the biggest AR booster there ever was--struggled vainly to find good things to say about it, closing his review with a damn-with-faint-praise line of "Few would tire of its easy smooth sound." Really, Julian? "Few would tire"? That's the best you could muster? "Few would tire"? For the 3, 3a, LST and 9, it was the "best I have ever measured or heard." For the 910, it's "Few would tire." Don't break the bank getting the 910's. July 12, 2016--My opinion of the 910 stands. Steve F. Thanks steveF for getting the new herd in order! FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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